Leukemia, lymphoma and other life-threatening diseases can be cured with amarrowcell transplant, but only if there is a match. Patients in need of amarrowor blood cell transplant are most likely to match someone of their own race and ethnicity.

Patients find matches in their own family 30% of the time. The rest of these patients look to the Registry. Most oftenmarrowcells are donated from your arm in a procedure similar to donating plasma or platelets. See if you match a patient in need.

BACKGROUND:The NationalMarrowDonor Program (NMDP) facilitates unrelatedmarrowand blood cell transplants as a single point of access for a long-standing collaborative network of national and international leading medical facilities inmarrowand cord blood transplantation. The NMDP connects patients, doctors, donors and researchers to the resources they need to help more people live longer and healthier lives.